"It's a joke.........." Hering by leics

Hering Travel Guide: 2 reviews and 17 photos

Lovely view of Hering rooftops from the 'volcano'

The name of this pretty villages derives from 'herr' (master)....something to do with servants working for the master (most probably the master who lived in Veste Otzberg, the castle above the village).

But someone at some time in the past found the potential pun amusing, so the village now has a herring (fish) in its coat of arms. Hoho.

But it really is a very pretty place, with brightly whitewashed church, well-tended houses and lovely gardens.

Castle toilet......see the stain on the stone?

Veste Otzberg, the castle, stands above the village on what was once a volcano and is now a basalt outcrop. It has superb views over the surrounding countryside.......a truly excellent place to build a stronghold!

A fishy pun.

As well as the castle (which has a truly excellent and very cheap cafe in its interesting museum) you can wander the village to find the Otzburg basalt columns. They are some of what is left of the truly ancient and very-long-extinct Otzburg volcano. The columns are hexagonal in form, just like the ones at the famous Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

Pros and Cons

Pros:The castle and museum
Cons:None that I came across
In a nutshell:A fishy place....

Last visit to Hering: Jul 2009
Intro Updated Feb 26, 2011
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Trekki Jul 26, 2009 at 1:40 AM

:-))) I am already looking forward to the next time :-))
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christine.j Jul 24, 2009 at 11:01 AM

Hering in the Odenwald - there are some strange place names here in this area.